William Lyon Mackenzie King was Canada’s longest serving prime minister, an accomplished politician and a prolific writer. He kept an ongoing diary from 1893, until 1950, in which he wrote down meticulous accounts of his life in politics and fascinating details from his private life. On today’s episode, we talk with Christopher Dummitt, whose latest book details the history behind the diaries and how they became public.

Join us for this episode as we take you on a walking tour of LAC’s Preservation Centre in Gatineau, Quebec, to celebrate its 20th anniversary. On our tour, we will guide you through the Preservation Centre, discussing its award-winning architecture and offering insight into how we store and preserve our national treasures.

To mark Canada’s 150th year as a nation, we teamed up with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to talk about the future of Canada and look at the ways in which examining our history can help to inform decisions about the future.

In this episode we speak with LAC employee Tim Hack about the amazing journey he undertook to reconnect with his great-grandfathers, who fought on opposite sides of the First World War. Listen to his audio diary from his trip to northern Europe, as well as our pre- and post-trip interviews with him.

The 1967 Universal and International Exhibition, better known as Expo 67, was the highlight of Canada’s centennial celebrations. In this episode, we talk with Margaret Dixon, senior project archivist at LAC, about the legacy of Expo and the work that has gone into archiving the invaluable Expo 67 records in our collection.

Project Naming has provided a virtual space enabling First Nations, the Métis Nation and Inuit communities to access Canada's historic photo collections and engage in the identification of people and locations. Join us as we celebrate the project with stories from individuals who attended Project Naming’s 15th anniversary event held in March 2017.

During the First World War, over 25,000 Canadians served with the British Flying Service as pilots, observers and mechanics, contributing greatly to the overall air campaign and also to the success at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

During the First World War, over 25,000 Canadians served with the British Flying Service as pilots, observers and mechanics, contributing greatly to the overall air campaign and also to the success at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

In this episode, we speak with Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Archivist, Emma Hamilton-Hobbs, about the William James Topley photographic collection, which is one of the most widely consulted sources of late 19th- and early 20th-century photographs held at LAC.

Kevin Bazzana, author of the award-winning biography Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould tells us about Gould's extraordinary career in music and the surprising secrets revealed to him about Gould's private life while conducting research at Library and Archives Canada.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier was a man full of charisma, charm and passion. This passion is seen in many of the letters he wrote to his wife Zoé. But perhaps we gain a deeper insight into his character through his letters to Émilie Lavergne.

Library and Archives Canada's Métis researcher William Benoit and Janet La France of the Saint-Boniface Historical Society discuss the roles their respective institutions play in providing individuals with a means of unraveling their ancestry, their identity.

On February 3, 1916 at 8:37 p.m., the alarm was raised on Parliament Hill that a fire had broken out in the Centre Block. By the next morning, the building had been reduced to a smoking ruin, encrusted in ice. The exact cause of the fire was never determined.

We explore the evolution of the game of Curling, its development as an organized sport, and the creation of a Canadian curling culture, with curling historian and Canadian men's curling champion, Warren Hansen.

We look at the work that went into the latest collaboration between the National Gallery of Canada and Library and Archives Canada, which features 15 rare daguerreotypes dating back to the very beginnings of photography.

You don't have to go far to see the influence that comic books have had on contemporary culture, but you might be surprised to learn that Library and Archives Canada holds an extensive collection of comic books and related material within its vaults.

Discover the story of Celia Franca, a woman who introduced Canada to world-class dance performances, pioneered the internationally famous National Ballet of Canada and devoted her entire life to dance.

January 11, 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. While some aspects of his life and legacy remain contentious, most agree that his role in the creation of Canada was paramount.